There is still the question of fuel: does the ship have enough fuel left for a safe deceleration? Or will it burn up in our atmosphere like a blazing meteor?
12 seconds sound clip from the The Angry Red Planet movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Ten seconds. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, fire!
- Great. Then there is fuel aboard.
- Right! But there's only one question: how much?
- I want the arrival time of the ship computed. Notify me as soon as you have it.
- Colonel Tom O'Bannion, united States air force, the pilot navigator.
- And chief warrant officer Sam Jacobs, electronics and radar expert.
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